# C1.Document.Utils.FindTextInstances

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<h1 id="C1_Document_Utils_FindTextInstances_" data-uid="C1.Document.Utils.FindTextInstances*">FindTextInstances Method
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Finds instances of text in a string.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static IList&lt;int&gt; FindTextInstances(string what, string where, int fromIdx, int length, int maxCount, bool forward, bool matchCase, bool word)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function FindTextInstances(what As String, where As String, fromIdx As Integer, length As Integer, maxCount As Integer, forward As Boolean, matchCase As Boolean, word As Boolean) As IList(Of Integer)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">what</span></td>
      <td><p>The text to search for.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">where</span></td>
      <td><p>The string to search.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">fromIdx</span></td>
      <td><p>Index in &quot;where&quot; to start search at.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">length</span></td>
      <td><p>Length of substring to search in.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">maxCount</span></td>
      <td><p>Max number of instances to find.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">forward</span></td>
      <td><p>Search direction.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">matchCase</span></td>
      <td><p>Ignore case.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">word</span></td>
      <td><p>Whole word search.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.ilist-1">IList</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a>&gt;</td>
      <td><p>Array of indexes into &quot;where&quot; to the found instances.</p>
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